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Explosive X1.9 Class Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun
Scitech Daily ^ | JANUARY 12, 2023 | By NASA

Posted on 01/12/2023 12:06:10 PM PST by Red Badger

X1.9 Solar Flare January 9 2023

An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left edge of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171, 131, and 304 angstrom wavelengths. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO

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The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 1:50 p.m. EST on January 9, 2023. Imagery of the event was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which constantly watches the Sun.

Solar flares are intense explosions of energy that can disrupt radio communications, damage power grids, and affect navigation signals. They also pose a threat to spacecraft and astronauts.

An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left edge of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This video was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171, 131 and 304 angstrom wavelengths. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO

This flare is classified as an X1.9 flare. It is categorized as an X-class flare, which is the most powerful class of solar flares. The number following the “X” indicates the relative strength of the flare, with larger numbers indicating stronger flares. An X1.9 flare is therefore a relatively strong flare, but less intense than an X2.0 or higher. These flares can cause disruptions to radio communications and power grids on Earth, and can also be potentially dangerous for spacecraft and astronauts.

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X1.9 Solar Flare January 9 2023 193 Angstrom

An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory at 1:57 EST and shows light in the 193 angstrom wavelength. Credit: NASA/SDO

X1.9 Solar Flare January 9 2023 171 and 131 Angstrom

An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left edge of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171 and 131 angstrom wavelengths. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO X1.9 Solar Flare January 9 2023 131 Angstrom An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory at 1:55 EST and shows light in the 131 angstrom wavelength. Credit: NASA/SDO For more details on how such space weather may affect Earth, please visit NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, the U.S. government’s official source for space weather forecasts, watches, warnings, and alerts. NASA works as a research arm of the nation’s space weather effort. NASA observes the Sun and our space environment constantly with a fleet of spacecraft that study everything from the Sun’s activity to the solar atmosphere, and to the particles and magnetic fields in the space surrounding Earth.

An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory at 1:49 EST and shows light in the 131 angstrom wavelength. Credit: NASA/SDO

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission that was launched in 2010 to study the sun and its effects on Earth. The spacecraft is equipped with a suite of instruments that allow it to observe the sun’s magnetic field, track the movement of material on the sun’s surface, and measure the sun’s output of various forms of radiation. The data collected by the SDO is used to improve our understanding of the sun’s inner workings, as well as its impact on Earth’s climate and environment. The SDO has helped to improve our ability to predict solar flares and other space weather events, which can have significant effects on satellite and ground-based technology.


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To: SubMareener
Not to worry! The USGS assures us that solar activity has nothing to do with earthquakes and weather.

Ben Davidson at Suspicious0bservers would disagree. A flare that big often triggers an earthquake 2 to 3 days later.

21 posted on 01/12/2023 12:32:26 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Red Badger

I come to no conclusions until AOC gives America her thoughts and feelings.


22 posted on 01/12/2023 12:34:28 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Red Badger

What are the odds that THIS solar flare just happens to hit Joey Biden’s Prized Corvette, starts a fire in his TS/SCI storage garage, and burns up all the evidence?

I’d say about EVEN MONEY!!


23 posted on 01/12/2023 12:43:38 PM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Red Badger

Is Kimmel going to do another song?


24 posted on 01/12/2023 12:45:22 PM PST by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: SubMareener

I trust you and I did not mean to dismiss it all. If you checked my posting history I often say that a solar flare or storm is a far more likely scenario than an EMP to take out our electrical grid.

We have had some pretty strong ones in the last few decades (and before I am sure) after I became aware of the risk and I was not aware of the US losing satellites and you taught me something - not sure how I missed this (link below).

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/science/spacex-satellites-storm.html

That was not cheap!!!! Hope our military satellites are more hardened than the Starlink ones were.


25 posted on 01/12/2023 12:50:15 PM PST by volunbeer (We are living 2nd Thessalonians)
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To: volunbeer

It is not the EMP hardening, it is the orbit. Low Earth Orbit is most susceptible to the physical effects of solar storms.


26 posted on 01/12/2023 12:56:38 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: Red Badger

27 posted on 01/12/2023 1:01:50 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: SubMareener

Makes sense and thanks for the education on it. I have been reading more about this.

All of us are smarter than one of us! :)


28 posted on 01/12/2023 1:04:39 PM PST by volunbeer (We are living 2nd Thessalonians)
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To: volunbeer

Paywall, so is the Times the only one covering such events?

Guess I’ll have to look.


29 posted on 01/12/2023 1:47:28 PM PST by wita (Under oath since 1966 in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness)
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To: Red Badger

…gonna leave a mark…


30 posted on 01/12/2023 3:20:20 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Red Badger

For solar weather information without the hype, see SolarHam at https://www.solarham.net/


31 posted on 01/12/2023 9:22:48 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Red Badger; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; ...
Thanks Red Badger.



32 posted on 01/13/2023 10:05:58 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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